More than 50 people burned in the bus on the road in Kazakhstan

Moscow. 18 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — IN Aktobe region of Kazakhstan (in the West) as a result of ignition of the bus, 52 people were killed, confirmed the Agency “Interfax” the official representative of Committee of emergency situations Ruslan Imankulov.

“January 18, 2018 at 10:30 (Astana time) in the Irgiz district of Aktobe region, 1068 km of road “Samara-Shymkent”, 10 km from the village of Kalybai, while driving there was a fire a passenger bus “Ikarus”. There were 55 passengers and 2 drivers. Citizenship is established”, — said Imankulov.

According to him, five passengers managed to escape. “The remaining 52 people were killed on the spot,” he informed.

“In the Department of emergency situations of Aktobe region deployed operational headquarters. Organized the hot line of the psychological service”, — said the representative of the Committee for emergency situations.

Phones “a hot line”: +7 7132 56-29-62, +7 7132 56-68-85.

At the place of work of police units, rescue workers, doctors, psychologists, added Imankulov.